MARGAO, April 17 -- Team Herald

Even after a Rs 50 crore renovation, the Kala Academy - Goa's premier cultural venue - is facing basic operational failures, with no one willing to take responsibility. The recent light malfunction during a Marathi play has exposed not only technical flaws but also the absence of accountability among the agencies involved.

Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude on Thursday termed the incident - where stage lights flickered and halted the performance for 10 minutes - as "unfortunate," but was quick to dismiss it as a technical fault rather than human error.

But in the aftermath, all parties - the Public Works Department (PWD), the Art and Culture Department, and the private agency that undertook the renova...